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Maiden's Bower is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age round cairn located in Durham, England. The monument comprises a mound of stones constructed as a burial structure, characteristic of funerary monuments erected during the prehistoric period in northern Britain. The cairn survives as a discernible earthwork within the landscape, preserving evidence of early ritual and burial practices in the region. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important archaeological record of prehistoric settlement and ceremonial activity in County Durham.
Maiden's Bower round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008843. View the official record →
Maiden's Bower is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age round cairn located in Durham, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008843.
Maiden's Bower round cairn is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1008843.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Neville's Cross (0.7 km), Framwellgate Bridge (0.9 km), Prebend's Bridge (1.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Maiden's Bower round cairn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Maiden's Bower round cairn stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.